Countries
European Union, Ireland
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1874
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1360
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
59
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
le do thoil
thov
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Slán
Nyob zoo
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Connacht
Laos
How Many People Speak
100,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Munster
China
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Ulster
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
140,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Hmong
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Mong
French Name
irlandais moyen
hmong
German Name
Mittelirisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Hmong people
Origin
c. 750
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Celtic
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Branch
Goidelic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Hmong
Language Position
2524
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
gle
hmn
ISO 639 3
gle
hmv
ISO 639 6
gle
hmn
Glottocode
iris1253
firs1234
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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